Apache Kafka 2.6

end of lifeno security fixes since 2021-11-15

Apache Kafka 2.6 reached end of life 4 years ago.

Supported now: Apache Kafka 3.9 (no announced date), Apache Kafka 4.0 (no announced date), Apache Kafka 4.1 (no announced date), Apache Kafka 4.2 (no announced date), Apache Kafka 4.3 (no announced date)

Facts

Released
(6 years ago)
Security support ended
(4 years ago)
Latest release
2.6.3, (4 years ago)
Source
endoflife.date (checked 2026-09-09)

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